A conversation with master craftsman Shuji Nakagawa from Nakagawa Mokkougei скачать в хорошем качестве

A conversation with master craftsman Shuji Nakagawa from Nakagawa Mokkougei

The essence of the Shokunin: A conversation with master craftsman Shuji Nakagawa from Nakagawa Mokkougei Welcome to this live conversation with Japanese master craftsman Shuji Nakagawa , a third generation woodworker specialised in ki-oke (wooden tubs), to discuss what’s the essence of a shokunin.  He is the current successor to Nakagawa Mokkougei, started by his grandfather Kameichi, and carried on by his father Kiyotsugu, a designated National Living Treasure , who is still active from his shop in Kyoto. For the last 700 years, ki-oke have been a staple of Japanese households for everything from carrying water for baths to storing rice and miso paste. With the skills and sensibility developed since childhood, Nakagawa-san has expanded the relevance of ki-oke into the XXI Century.  This conversation is presented in the context of the exhibition “Shokunin Pass/Path” hosted at the Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design curated by Nakagawa-san and Takahiro Yagi of Kaikado, a previous guest of this webinar series. Both Nakagawa-san and Yagi-san have been a driving force behind the modern exploration of what makes a contemporary shokunin, deepening and articulating the value of tacit knowledge. During the talk we will also do a quick tour of the exhibition. Today my co-host is cultural translator and crafts expert Tomo Yoshizawa. Shuji Nakagawa   / shuji_nakagawa   Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design   / kyotomuseumofcraftsanddesign   Tomo Yoshizawa   / tomoyoshizawa   Gianfranco Chicco   / gchicco